Beater scraper



Oct. 10, 1950 L. K. EICHER 2,525,341

BEATER SCAPER Filed April 5, 1948 INVENTOR. V

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BEATER SCRAPER Lenore K. Eicher, Arcadia; Calif. Application April '5,1948; Serial No; 195081 2 Claims.

ismore or less encl0sed by the blades, it is:like

wise difficultto clean said end of the shaft; with the result that foodor other material, as, for instance;batteror mayonnaise, or the like,soften left sticking to,the beaters and so wasted.

An object of the present invention, therefore, is" to provide 'aculinaryhand-implement which may be convenientl manipulated to scrape a residueof food or other substance from the blades of abeater=as well asthe-lower end of thebeater shaft without smearing the materialcollecting on the scraper; as any one blade or the lower end of theshaft is scraped, onto another adjacent blade.

Afurtherobject of theinvention is to provide a scraper embodying a headhaving a s'lot therein to define: a pair of jaws, wherein the slot willbe of a Width to more or less tightl receive a beater blade therein sothat the jaws will hug the blade at opposite sides thereof, thuspermitting the jaws to be moved along the blade to scrape materialtherefrom, and wherein by twisting the handle of the scraper slightly ineither one direction or the other, diagonal upper and lower edges of thewalls of said slot may be caused to impinge the blade: at oppositesides: thereof for cleanly shearing the material from the blade as thelaws are moved therealong.

Another object of the invention is to provide a scraper wherein theouter ends of the jaws thereof will be provided at the-mouth of the slottherebetween with asemi-circular notch adapted to hug a beater shaft sothat the jaws may be moved up and down along the shaft either above thebeater blades or at the lower end portion of the shaft between theblades for scraping material therefrom.

And the invention seeks, as a still further object, to provide a devicewherein the scraper jaws Will be provided therebetween at opposite sidesof the slot separating the jaws with collector channels adapted toretain material scraped from a beater blade as the jaws are moved either2' un or downzal0ng the blade, so that as the scraping operationprogresses, material scraped from the shaftor: any one. blade will notbe accidentally=smearedbythe jaws onto an adjacent blade.

Other: and incidental objects of the invention will: appear during the:course of the following description thereof, and;in:the: drawings:

Figure '1 is a perspective view of my improved scraper.

Figure 2 is afrontendzelevation of the device.

Figure 3 is a:plan:vievv of the scraper.

Figure 4 isa section on the;linex4 zi ofFigure 3.

Figure 5sista section on the line 5 5 of Fig- Figure6 is:arsectionon theline: B6 of Figure 3.:

Figure 7 i'sxan edgeeelevation of the device.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary longitudinal section on the line 828:0f Figure3'.

Figure 9'is a: perspectiVe view showing the use of the=dvice toscrapethe blades of a beater.

Figure: l0.is a perspectiveview showing the use of the deviceto scrapetheshaft of a beater.

In accordance with thepresent improvements, my improvedscraperembodies-a shank lil. which, as:seeniri Figure: 6 of:thedrawings, is prefera+ bly rectangulanin cross. section and:- is.provided at its outer end with:a:rounded knob il so that the Shankmaynot easily Slip out of the hand. At its inner end, the shank isformed with a spatulate head l2: extendingat its baselaterally from: theshank medially thereof and tapeied in width -and: thickness toward itsfree end. Preferably, the shank; knob, andhead are moulded orotherwisefashioned as an integral one-piece structure of 'rubber .orother approved material.

Medially, the headfl2isprovided forwardly of the inner terminal of theshank l :with a straight longitudihalslot l3 at the mouth of which isformed a semi-circular notch l4=. A pair of like coactin=g jaws l 5 isthus dfined"atoppositesides of the slot;

The side walls of the slot I3"are'flat ancl paral 1el; and it now tty-beobserved that what may be termed for convenience of description as theupper and lower faces of the jaws l5 are bev- 'eled in like degreetoward the slot |3 to provide,

as best seen in Figure 4, a collector channel la at the upper sides ofthe jaws, and a like collector channel ll at the lower sides of thelaws. The jaws are thus triangular in cross section, and, as will beunderstood, have, in reality, no upper and lower sides Which may beaccurately designated as such, since the device maybe used with either Uside of the head I2 up. The distinctio, as herein used is, as stated,merely for cnVenience of description.

While the jaws l are tapered in thickness toward their free ends and arenot as thick as the shank El still, said jaws are more than half asthick as the shank and are thus sufliciently rugged to accomplsh thescraping operation intended. Furthermore, due to the pronouncedthickness of the jaws, the collector channels IB and il arecorrespondingl deep. It should be noted that the rubber or othermaterial of which the device is formed is of a character to impartresiliency and semi-fiexibflity to the jaws. On the one hand, the jawsmay not be said to be limber or, on the other hand, may not be said tobe stiff, but are between the two as could be described as of mediumrigidity. Similarly, the jaws are neither hard nor soft, but are betweenthe two as could be described as firm. Preferably, the side walls of theslot l3 are, as shown, quite narrow.

In Figure 9 of the drawings, I have shown the manner in which the deviceis employed to scrape the blades of a conventional beater, the shaft ofwhich latter is indicated at 8 and the blades thereof at l9. As will beobserved, the jaws I5 are disposed to straddle the blade to be scrapedso that the blade is thus received in the slot l3. This slot is of awidth such that the side walls of the slot, which side walls form thetruncated longitudinally tips of the jaws, more or less tightly hug theblade at opposite sides there. of. Accordingly, by moving the jaws upand down along the blade, food or other substance sticking to the blademay be scraped therefrom. As the jaws are moved upwardl along the blade,material scraped therefrom will collect in the channel l6 while, as thejaws are moved downwardly, such material will collect in the channel ll.In each instance, the material in either channel will lie Within thelines of the jaws below the outer longitudinal corners thereof so thatas the jaws are manipulated in the cramped space between the blades, thematerial in the channels scraped from any one blade will not be smearedonto an adjacent blade. When the channels become filled, the device maybe readily withdrawn and the jaws cleaned.

In connection with Figure 9 of the drawings, it is further to be notedthat should the material stubbornly stick to the blade being cleaned, atwisting tensi0n may be given the shank HJ to cant the jaws I5 somewhat.The upper edge of one wall of the slot S3 on one jaw and the lower edgeof the other wall of said slot on the other jaw will thus be caused toimpinge the side faces of the blade so that as the jaws are moved up anddown along the blade, said edges will tend to shear the material fromthe blade and thus effect a more ready cleanin thereof. As will beappreciated, the jaws l5 will yieldably give slightly as the shank istwisted so that injury to the blade may not result.

In Figure 10 of the drawings, I have shown the manner in which thedevice is used to scrap' the beater shaft I8. In this instance, theOuter ends of the jaws 15 are pushed about the shaft so that the shaftis received in the notch l4. Thus, the jaws may, thereafter, be moved upand down along the shaft for scraping material therefrom into thechannels 6 and l I, while, if so desired, the jaws may be canted, aspreviously described, to shear the material from the shaft.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. In a beater scraper, the combination of a pair of resilient jaws ofmedium rigidity and softness joined at their inner ends to provide ahead and formed with flat para1lel inner scraping edges closelyconfrontng each other to define a slot between the jaws adapted totightly receive a beater blade, the outer free ends of said jaws beingeachpr0vided onan obposte side of said slot with an arcuate notch andsaid notches facing one another in complementary relationship to formthe mouth of said slot adapted to pilot a beater blade into, Said slotas well as adapted to receive a beater shaft fitting in said notcheswhereby the tips of the jaws may be moved along the shaft for scrapingthe same, and a handle carried by said head.

2- In a beater scraper, the combination of a pair of resilient jaws ofmedium rigidity and s0ftness joined at their inner ends to provide ahead and formed with flat parallel inner scraping edges closelyconfrontng each other to define a slot between the jaws adapted totightly receive a beater blade, the outer free ends of said jaws beingeach provided on an opposite side of said slot with an arcuate notch andsaid notches facing one another in complementary relationship to formthe mouth of said slot adapted to pilot a beater blade into said slot aswell as adapted to receive a beater shaft fitting in said notcheswhereby the tips of the jaws may be moved along the shaft for scrapingthe same, and

a handle carried by said head, said jaws being tapered in width andthickness toward their free ends but being more than half as thick asthe handle and being each of truncated triangular shape in cross sectionto form flat upper and lower jaw faces sloping from the outer edge ofthe jaws to said slot and definin Channels extending throughout thewidth of said jaws above and below said slot.

LENORE K. EICHER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENIS Number Name Date 2,256,650 Reid et al Sept. 23,1941 2,280,225 Finley Apr. 21, 1942 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country VDate 16,871 Great Britain 1893

